safari defaults to google maps web app

Safari defaults to google maps web app.
location: macrumors.com - date: September 21, 2012
Is there a way I can get safari to go to the apple maps app when clicking on a map instead of google maps web app? Is this because my default search is google?post reply
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Google Maps web app not working??
location: apple.com - date: September 26, 2012
I have not (for obvious reasons) bothered much with web apps since the original iPhone but given the current (and in my view, somewhat overblown) furore over Apple Maps, I thought I would put try out the Google Maps web app on my recently purchase iPhone 5. Weirdly, however, it doesn't work. The app itself loads but I am presented with a blank page and nothing happens when I click the target icon. This happens in both 3G and wifi. Location Services is on (and I am using O2 in the UK). Anyone got any ideas? I'm scratching my head over this.... Thanks in anticipationpost reply
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is Google Maps dedicated APP for iPad available ?
location: macrumors.com - date: December 13, 2012
After Google has released its dedicated Google Maps APP for iPhone on the iStore, is Google Maps Dedicated APP for iPad also available on iTunes for download ?post reply
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Google Will Reportedly Launch Google Maps iOS App Tonight
location: modmyi.com - date: December 13, 2012
After the long time disappointment from many users due to Apple’s mapping solution replacing Google Maps for iOS in iOS 6, the wait to get a Google Maps application on your iPhone may finally be over. AllThingsD reports that Google is set to release their official Google Maps application in the App Store tonight.
The Google Maps application has been in its beta stages for several weeks now and was distributed to testers to make sure the application worked correctly before officially releasing it. Images of the application were leaked in its alpha stages just two months ago, showing a Google-esque interface.
Should the post reply
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iOS 6 Adoption Up 29% After Google Maps Hits App Store
location: macrumors.com - date: December 19, 2012
Google Maps was released for iOS on December 12, and in the five days after it hit the App Store, ad management platform MoPub noticed a 29 percent increase in unique iOS 6 users.
The data from MoPub, which supports 12,000 apps and monitors 1 billion ad impressions daily, suggests that quite a few iDevice owners were waiting for a better mapping solution before upgrading to Apple's newest operating system.
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Google maps not loading in safari to GWizz app
location: apple.com - date: September 22, 2012
When using google maps in either Safari or the GWizz app it either doesn't load at all or it loads to my current location then refuses to search for either another location or a route, it just stays put. I have a full wifi signal &amp; all other web pages are loading as normal. I am using a brand new (2weeks old) wifi/3G new iPad (&amp; regretting updating to iOS 6!!). Is anybody else experiencing the same problem? Has Apple sabotaged google maps?!!! post reply
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Google Maps App Tip: How to Use Voice Search To Activate Google Maps Without Siri or Jail Break
location: imore.com - date: December 28, 2012
One of the most popular iOS related topics I see on Twitter this past month is "How to use Siri and Google Maps together for directions," or "How to trick Siri into using Google Maps without jail breaking." But some folks may not know that there's a way to activate Google Maps for iOS via voice command that doesn't involve Siri or Apple Maps at all. To do it, you have to download Google's other free app, "Google Search," which IMO, is actually better than Siri (YMMV ).
So the steps are:
1) Download the "Google Search" app in the App Store.
2) Open the app, hit the microphone icon and say "Navigate to _____" or "Locate _____."
3) Given Google's vast POI database, you should get the right result spoken back to you complete with a map snapshot. Touch the map or touch the arrow navigation icon to pull up directions.
4) This will open open up the web version of Google Maps mobilepost reply
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'MapsOpener' Sets New Google Maps App As Your Default Maps App
location: modmyi.com - date: December 14, 2012
The night Google Maps finally showed up in the iOS App Store, bringing a Google Maps application to iOS for the first time since iOS 5.1.1, users immediately wanted a way to make the Google Maps application the default mapping solution for their iOS devices. A new jailbreak tweak is available in Cydia today for free that will do this for you.
Dubbed MapsOpener by iOS development team HASHBANG Productions, the tweak can be used to make all commands relating to directions launch the Google Maps application from Google instead of the stock Google Maps application in iOS 5.1.1 and below.
For example, should you be browsing through locations in the free post reply
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Purported Google Maps App Pictures Show App in Alpha Stages
location: modmyi.com - date: October 14, 2012
They’re not exactly the type of screenshot pictures that we would expect from someone with an iPhone, however it could be that the iOS developer testing the application, Ben Guild, needed to hide certain elements from the public.
These pictures supposedly display pieces of the Google Maps application that Google has been rumored to be working on for the App Store. The reason for Google working on such an application would be because of Apple ditching Google Maps in iOS 6 and users not being happy with Apple’s new iOS 6 Maps application and its features. Google also launched their own YouTube application through the App Store because Apple removed theirs in iOS 6.
The application is reportedly in early alpha stages and Guild was able to get his hands on a copy for testing. In the screenshots we see the obvious search bar at the top, a compass similar to the post reply
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Google maps app
location: modmyi.com - date: December 15, 2012
Is it just me or has the newly released google maps app been a big slow and laggy, in finding my apple maps to be running faster and crisper than the google maps app. And my phone is fairly new. Not alot of used space
I have to say i am rather disappointed with this releasepost reply
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You Can Use Siri to Get Directions in the Google Maps App, Here's How
location: modmyi.com - date: December 15, 2012
One of the biggest beefs with Google’s new Google Maps application is that it doesn't make the perfect iOS Maps application replacement because you can’t use Siri to get directions through Google Maps… or can you?
Yes folks, as it turns out, you can indeed get directions in the new Google Maps app right through Siri, and since we've been getting so many questions as to how to do it, we’re going to show you how.
If you want Siri to bring you to Google Maps each time you want directions instead of Apple’s Maps, all you have to do is say "via transit" or "by transit" when you ask for directions, and Siri will let you pick from a list of transit applications, such as Google Maps, and then route the directions in the application you choose. Check it out:
Step 1: Begin by asking Siri how to get somewhere via transit.post reply
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Google Maps for iOS Officially Available in the App Store
location: modmyi.com - date: December 13, 2012
After all of that waiting, iOS 6 users can now get the beloved Google Maps back on their iOS devices without having to go through Mobile Safari, as can anyone else with an iOS device running iOS 5.1 or higher. The official Google Maps application is now available in the App Store for free from Google.
Google Maps brings Google’s own well-recognized maps, including turn-by-turn voice navigation, street view, bus, train, subway, and walking routes, live traffic information, and much more. Many of these features weren’t even available in the iOS 5 version of Google Maps.
The voice navigation uses the same voice you’ll hear in the Google Searchpost reply
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Porting the native iOS google maps app to iOS 6...
location: modmyi.com - date: March 13, 2013
Can anyone enlighten me on the situation with porting the old
native iOS 5 google maps app to iOS 6 ??? I heard that one of the devs
had some success with that...???post reply
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Get Google Maps back on your iPad with EggMaps HD, FREE this week in the App Store.
location: macrumors.com - date: January 14, 2013
EggMaps HD, ranked #2 on iTunes (AU - navigation apps) is free until Saturday on the App Store.
EggMaps HD is a fast, native, full-screen iPad-only app that uses Google Maps.
EggMaps supports:
* Public transit (where supported by Google)
* Live traffic (where supported by Google)
* Directions
* Auto-complete of place names
* Location tracking (when GPS is enabled)
FREE this week in the App Store. If you like it, PLEASE leave a review in the App Store. For more information and screen shots, visit www.eggmaps.com.
To view it in the App Store, follow this link:
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question about google maps app
location: imore.com - date: December 15, 2012
First to the mods. I am jfrebel, but don't remember my password, so used facebook since it appears thats now an option for logging on. feel free to combine the accounts or delete the jfrebel account or whatever. I say this openly so I won't be considered a sockpuppet.
anyway that said,
google maps has 3 options regarding the transit directions.
fastest, "less transfers and walking", and "best"
now I know what fastest and less transfers mean and why and when I'd prefer each.
fastest gets me there quicker but may require more walking and such. on sunny days this is good.
less transfers means it may take longer but if its icy or something, I spend less time trudging through the elements.
then theres' "best" which to me is subjective.
best in what way? faster? less walking? I can't seem to find any info about why I may prefer this option or wpost reply
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Gmail App and Google maps
location: imore.com - date: December 18, 2012
A question regarding each of these app's:
Gmail-Using the app, is everyone seeing the delay in the emails actually appearing in the app? I get a notification for a new gmail, open the app and it can take as long as 10 seconds for the new emails to actually show up in the app.
Maps-Is everyone losing their current view upon closing the app? I always want traffic selected, but when I close the app and go back to it, when it re-opens I lose the traffic view and have to select it again. A minor annoyance to be sure, but an annoyance none the less.post reply
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Google Maps for iOS Officially Available in the App Store
location: modmyi.com - date: December 13, 2012
I guess I'm one of the few that never had any problems with Apple Maps. The only thing I missed was the street view, which was basically just a novelty. The new Google Maps doesn't even integrate with the contact list nor does it offer any sort of voice control. I'm not impressed and will stick with Apple Maps.post reply
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Google Earth iOS App Gets Update With 3D Maps
location: modmyi.com - date: July 26, 2012
Apple announced iOS 6 at WWDC this year with a big focus on the Maps application, which got a complete overhaul. The Maps application no longer relies on Google Maps technology (the torch was handed to TomTom) and the application now includes a few really awesome and highly demanded features such as turn-by-turn navigation, and 3D maps, which give you the feeling of hovering above cities to see them from the perspective of being in a helicopter. The only catch is these new graphically intensive features are only available on A5 devices.
In an attempt to beat Apple at their own game, Google has updated their Google Earth application today (version 7.0) with 3D maps technology. Granted the application doesn’t come with turn-by-turn navigation, it’s good news to see thatpost reply
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Chitika: iOS 6 Adoption Increased a Measly 0.2% Following Google Maps App Release
location: modmyi.com - date: December 15, 2012
There was a whole lot of buzz from Apple users saying that they would only upgrade to Apple’s iOS 6 mobile operating system when Google released their Google Maps application in the App Store, because these users didn’t want to deal with Apple’s “inaccurate” Maps application in iOS 6.
Recent statistics from Chitika seem to show that these claims were mostly empty, as following the Google Maps application launch just this week, iOS 6 adoption has only increased not even 0.2%. It was once assumed that many people were staying on iOS 5.1.1 for the mere fact that iOS 5 still offered the Google Maps version of Apple’s Maps application rather than the new TomTom-based maps that Apple designed.
Google Maps can also be installed on iOS 5.1.1, which is the firmware of the latest untethered jailbreak for iOS devices. This means many people are sticking with iOS 5.1.1 just to reappost reply
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